How To Install libsdformat4-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdformat4-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libsdformat4-dev
libsdformat4-dev is:
SDF is an XML file format that describes environments, objects, and robots in a manner suitable for robotic applications. SDF is capable of representing and describing different physic engines, lighting properties, terrain, static or dynamic objects, and articulated robots with various sensors, and acutators. The format of SDF is also described by XML, which facilitates updates and allows conversion from previous versions. A parser is also contained within this package that reads SDF files and returns a C++ interface.
This package contains development files (headers, shared library symbolic link and cmake file).
There are three methods to install libsdformat4-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsdformat4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdformat4-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsdformat4-dev
Install libsdformat4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdformat4-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsdformat4-dev
Install libsdformat4-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdformat4-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsdformat4-dev
How To Uninstall libsdformat4-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsdformat4-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsdformat4-dev
Uninstall libsdformat4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsdformat4-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsdformat4-dev
Remove libsdformat4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsdformat4-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsdformat4-dev
Remove libsdformat4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsdformat4-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsdformat4-dev
Dependencies
libsdformat4-dev have the following dependencies:
- libboost-system-dev
- libboost-filesystem-dev
- libboost-program-options-dev
- libboost-regex-dev
- libtinyxml-dev
- liburdfdom-dev
- libignition-math2-dev
- libsdformat4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdformat4-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.